agp or pci

[kreater]

another question! im looking to get a new video card, just a cheap alll around 128mb ati card! but i looked a the specs on my pc it currently has an ati rage 8mb! yeah it blows! but i wanna a agp card! and i look at the gate way site and it says my pc has an agp slot, but there are three slots that look alike and are the same size! and i wanted to know how do i tell the difference from the agp slot and the pci slot! do they all look the same or is the pci slot the same as the agp slot meaning i can put an agp card in any of the three slots or is the agp slot bigger or smaller the pci slots how can i tell? help please! lol

thanx,
kreater

[Ang3L]

An AGP slot is brown, and smaller than the WHITE PCI slots. And it is usually the closest one to the processor on the board..

So if you don't have a brown slot smaller than the white ones, then you ain't got AGP. And in this day and age. You should.

And bud, go with nVIDIA.. ATI Blows.

[kreater]

nope i dont have an agp slot, show i'll prolly go buy and nvidia pci then man thanx

[Braxas]

You could still get an ATI Video Card if that is what you wanted. Just check on Pricewatch.com or Newegg.com - PCI Cards are OK but they are a bit slower and generally you can't get the top of the line video cards for the PCI slot. When you buy/build your next computer make sure you have an AGP Slot available - it's one of the biggest reasons I build my own computers in the first place.

[Exodus 88]

ati cards are ok bt have major driver issues and crash frequently, nvidia has a unified diver so if yoi bought like a geforce 3 nd got an fx5600 later there would be no issues or driver swaps